It’s Wednesday Lunchtime, and it’s time for who’s brought what.
Kuwait’s ALAFCO has opened it chequebook, ordering a further six Airbus A350-900’s, taking its orders for the class up to 18 aircraft.
Russian carrier UTAir has signed with Boeing for 40 737NG aircraft, made up of 33 737-800’s and 7 737-900ERs.
Meanwhile it seems Hong Kong Airlines has come forward as the owner of the 15 Boeing 747-8I’s that have been ordered. In addition, it’s being mumbled that they’re also ordering six Airbus A380-800’s too.
The owning company of Hong Kong Airlines – HNA Group is also ordering 30 787-9s, six 777 Freighters, and two 787-8s in VIP configuration as well. So they have a fair bit of cash to play with from the sounds of it.
In Airbus A320Neo news, Avianca-TACA has signed a MOU for 51 frames, 33 of which will be A320neo’s.
Meanwhile, Republic Airways (owner of Frontier as well as a variety of Regional carriers) has has tentatively signed to take 40 Airbus A319neos and 40 A320neos, making them the launch customer of the A319neo series.
As usual, things are fast moving in Paris. In the late evening update, a clearer picture should emerge of what Hong Kong Airlines is actually doing…..
